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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Daisy Scouts Meeting - Purple Petal

This post is for all the moms out there who are scrambling to throw together a Daisy Scout meeting! And for any fans of Bucket Fillers!Ava joined Daisy Scouts this year. It's not a very large group - only 9 girls - and none of the moms wanted to be a troop leader. So rather than not forming a group, we all agreed to lead a couple of meetings. Oh and I, as the token accountant of the group, got roped into being the Treasurer.Anyway, it was my turn to lead the meeting this week. I scoured Pinterest to try to come up with an easy and inexpensive idea. Click here to link to my newly created Girl Scout Pinterest board. I finally decided to go with the Purple Petal from Gloria the Morning Glory who teaches us to "Respect Myself and Others". Here is what I did with the girls:FIRST we did our Kaper Chart and recited the Girl Scout Promise. Our troop doesn't have a fancy Kaper Chart so I just wrote down the girls' names and their jobs on a dry erase board. If you want to make a Kaper Chart to use at your meetings, click here for some ideas.SECOND,while the girls had their snacks, we talked about the petal that they'd be earning and I read the book "Have You Filled a Bucket Today?" by Carol McCloud.

Have you heard of Bucket Fillers? Bucket filling is using actions or words to show someone kindness and respect, as opposed to Bucket Dipping which is saying or doing something unkind to another person. This concept is being incorporated in classrooms across the country, seemingly in response to the bullying epidemic.After reading the book, we talked about what it means to respect ourselves and respect others. Here are some good example handouts:

THIRD we did our craft. Each girl got (1) a small bucket, (2) a purple name tag that they can decorate with their name and some stickers, (3) a piece of purple ribbon to tie the name tag to the bucket and (4) 10 "drops in the bucket" to sign and distribute.

Name tag and ribbon

"Drops in the bucket"

On each piece of colored paper (above) is a water drop with a compliment, such as "You have a nice smile." Because they're in Kindergarten and still learning to read, I also inserted a picture that describes the compliment (such as a smiley face). On the back of the piece of paper I've written "From:" and the girls can write their names.

If you would like to purchase PDF copies of the "drops" files for $2 you can pay my PayPal account and I'll email them to you.Click this link: www.paypal.me/CReeves/2Be sure to leave your email address and the files you're requesting in the comments too! My turnaround time is 1-2 days :)Once the girls had their buckets, name tags and "drops in the bucket" ready to go, they walked around and "filled each others buckets" by selecting a compliment to place in their friends' buckets. Afterwards, they got to look through the "drops in their buckets" that they received and read the compliments from their friends. We talked about how when you fill someone else's bucket, it makes you feel good and you end up filling your own bucket as well!

FOURTH I taught the girls the song "Encourage One Another".FIFTH we played a variation of Simon Says that highlights the girls' similarities and differences. The only rule is that you respond to the commands that are true for yourself. I also told the girls to watch carefully as they play the game because at the end, we would each tell one new thing they learned about another person during the game. To play, I gave directions such as:- Simon says "Everyone with brown eyes, stand up."- Simon says "Everyone who has a dog as a pet, put your right hand on your head."- Simon says "Everyone whose favorite sport is soccer, stand on one foot."- Simon says "Everyone who has a sister touch your knee."- Simon says "Everyone who is left-handed jump 3 times."SIXTH I brought some coloring pages and activity sheets that the girls worked on while they waited for their parent to pick them up. I also printed out a Purple Petal Certificate for each of the girls.

The girls seemed to have a great time and the time flew by. Hope this helps you with your next Daisy meeting!PS - Click here to see what we did for the Orange Petal!

Sorry about that. I'm not sure why but I couldn't access them either. I uploaded the files to Google Drive. Let me know if you're still having trouble and I'll just email them to you. Thanks for the interest!

Hi Cathy,You, and your blog, are awesome! I am going to steal all of your hard work and present your material at our Purple Petal GS meeting this week. I too was wondering if you wouldn't mind emailing me the handouts on respect and the drops?Thank you SO much!Lisalisahildreth.lmft@yahoo.com

Fantastic! We just got back from vacation and our meeting is tomorrow! I needed this!! I am unable to access the templates. Would you mind emailing them? I printed off google docs, but it's so tiny- when I enlarged it didn't print well. THanks!! jmkane75@gmail.com

I love your ideas for the Daisys! I've been looking over your pinterest board and I am wanting to download your promise center and petal certificates but every time I click on the link it sends me back to only the purple petal post. Would you mind emailing me the files? Thank you soooo much! kalvarez1221@yahoo.com

Katherine - Thanks for letting me know about the petal certificates. I'm not sure why they direct back to my purple petal post. I'll look into it. In the meantime, you could try doing a search on Pinterest. That's where I found them initially. Thanks again!

Love Love Love all that you do, and thanks so much for sharing your ideas! I'm a Brownie leader, and am working on a "Fill your Bucket" theme for our meeting next week. Could you please email me the files for this too? Thanks so much!joy_jew@yahoo.com

Everything on here is AMAZING! I love all of your printouts! How did you make them and how can I print them? When I click on them, it enlarges them, but I can't print just the page. Any tips? Or do you have a share folder with these on google docs? Would love, love, love to get these as I just started a daisy troop and have no clue what I'm doing! Thanks! jpgeyer@gmail.com

LOVE LOVE LOVE your ideas and examples. May I please tag along with the others and perhaps get the information emailed to me as well? Mpearman78@outlook.com. This is a great Blog to follow I hope you continue topost and share your ideas and projects.

Hi Barbara, I received your order and sent the files this evening. The email address that you provided through PayPal was your charter email account. Is that the correct email address address? If not please comment with the email address you'd prefer. I also resent the files to your charter email address. If you don't see it there, check your spam folder. Thanks!

Hi Cathy- I'm sorry if this post is being duplicated I just wanted to make sure it went through. I love your ideas and would like to purchase your "drops" for the bucket project. Before purchasing I just wanted to ask....do you just email them and then I can print as many as I need?

Hi Cathy! I would love your rain drops templates as well for our meeting next week if you have time. I see above about Paypal info. if dont mind to email me the information at lfranklinmd@gmail.com I will take care of that. Thank you! Leslie

Hi JoDale, I did not make the certificates for petal completion. I found those on Pinterest. I've looked for them recently and believe that you may have to purchase them on Etsy now. I made the "drops" for the buckets. If you are interested in purchasing them for $2, there is a link on the blog post to my PayPal account. Thanks!

just paid, and I put it in the notes, to please send to jennifercamperman@realtor.com instead of my paypal email address. Thanks, I think this will be the perfect addition for one of our Daisy stations Wednesday!

Elle, Thanks for the comment. I'm so sorry for the delay. This is the first time that I didn't get a notification from PayPal that you made a payment but when I checked my PayPal account your money was in fact received. Glad you left me a comment! I'll have to contact PayPal and ask how this could have happened. I just emailed you the files. Thanks again!! Cathy

Hi - where can I find a downloadable template of the petal certificates? your link takes me to pinterest but I can't download anything (new to both pinterest and daisies so trying to figure it all out.)

Hi Daria,The cost for the files is $2. There is a link in the post to my PayPal account. Please leave your email address and the files you are requesting in the PayPal comments and I will email you the files!Thanks! cathy